Holistic education links

A national, nonprofit environmental organisation dedicated to protecting the environment, enhancing human, animal and plant ecologies, promoting the efficient use of natural resources and increasing African American participation in the environmental movement.

Fosters cross-cultural understanding between young people, connecting students from around the world to explore social and environmental issues. Provides on-line curriculum and web-based forum for project collaboration and exploration.

Dedicated to education for sustainable living by fostering a profound understanding of the natural world, grounded in direct experience. The website provides a forum for ecological education and includes their latest newsletter.

Aims to bring together philosophers from the Scottish universities and beyond to allow concerted and collective progress to be made on the problem of explaining the place of conscious psychological life within the natural world.

An international initiative supporting schools working towards education for sustainable development and a better quality of life for local and global communities. The project encourages schools to reduce the environmental impact of the whole school on the community.

Provides leadership programmes for intermediate and secondary educators to enhance understanding of enquiry-based learning and global environmental change while studying a threatened North American eco-system. Based in Tucson, AZ, USA.

Part of the University of Montana's Environmental Studies Programme, which organises an annual institute bringing together essayists, journalists, scientists, outdoor writers, and natural historians from around the US.

Organises events and courses exploring creative new insights in science, spirituality and the arts. Residential weekends near Hay-on-Wye, include experience of an holistic lifestyle including solar hot water an electricity, organic food, wildlife and countryside.

A registered charityseeking to promote healthy living through its publications and a rich and balanced programme of events. The Trust operates from Bosham, West Sussex and is set in three acres of lovely grounds. It has a beautiful hall/consultancy room in the grounds, available for hire.

Is a non-profit making, volunteer organisation made up of an international network of individuals and member organisations. Earth Education aims to help people build an understanding of, appreciation for, and a harmony with the earth and its life. The major work of the institute is to design and develop specific educational programmes that change people's view of our home. Earth education can make a significant difference in the health of our planet.

A free online service providing access to the very best Web resources for education and research. The service is created by a network of UK universities and partners. Subject specialists select and evaluate the websites on the database which contains 118588 records.

Is a UK author who writes novels, stories, reviews, poetry and creative non-fiction. Having taught at the University of East Anglia and on the MA in Creative Writing at Nottingham Trent University, she now runs acclaimed creative writing courses worldwide.

Seven Oaks is the first school to the holistic principles established by the Holistic Education Trust. The goal is to make education relevant to today’s citizens so that they become empowered to create the future they dream of rather than merely enduring the world they inherited.

Working towards the development of a 21st Century world view that respects and accommodates modern science and is grounded in human experience. Its major activities are in multidiscipline research and education at an advanced level.

Project designed to encourage young people to become active citizens not just learning about their own society, but also by engaging with the challenges faced by millions in the developing world. Working with partners overseas to develop ideas for projects that promote education, health, literacy and personal skills.

Multi denominational, co-educational school, in East Clare, Ireland, that provides Primary and Pre-school education based on the work of Rudolf Steiner and drawing on the experience and research of educators, who have developed Steiner Waldorf education since the founding of the first Waldorf school in 1919.

Is one of the few institutions exploring the fundamental problems now facing the world. Whether in science, ecology, economics, spirituality or the humanities, its intent is to explore the foundations of a more balanced and harmonious world view.

Offers year-long residential and non-residential programmes in Buddhist Studies and Contemporary Enquiry in Devon, UK. The education offered at Sharpham seeks to ground theoretical study in the living context of community life, meditation in practice, work on the land, voluntary service and creative expression.

Offers a unique curriculum that unites a broad range of practical and academic experiences into a whole journey. This is education that celebrates and awakens individuality whilst fostering an ethos of social responsibility and cooperation.